ovenčati

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• ovjènčati (Ijekavian)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oʋěnt͡ʃati/
• Hyphenation: o‧ven‧ča‧ti

Verb

ovènčati pf (Cyrillic spelling овѐнчати)

1. (transitive, reflexive) to wreath, crown

Conjugation

Conjugation of ovenčati

Infinitive: ovenčati		Present verbal adverb: —		Past verbal adverb: ovènčāvši		Verbal noun: —
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		ovenčam	ovenčaš	ovenča	ovenčamo	ovenčate	ovenčaju
Future	Future I	ovenčat ću1 ovenčaću	ovenčat ćeš1 ovenčaćeš	ovenčat će1 ovenčaće	ovenčat ćemo1 ovenčaćemo	ovenčat ćete1 ovenčaćete	ovenčat će1 ovenčaće
	Future II	bȕdēm ovenčao2	bȕdēš ovenčao2	bȕdē ovenčao2	bȕdēmo ovenčali2	bȕdēte ovenčali2	bȕdū ovenčali2
Past	Perfect	ovenčao sam2	ovenčao si2	ovenčao je2	ovenčali smo2	ovenčali ste2	ovenčali su2
	Pluperfect3	bȉo sam ovenčao2	bȉo si ovenčao2	bȉo je ovenčao2	bíli smo ovenčali2	bíli ste ovenčali2	bíli su ovenčali2
	Aorist	ovenčah	ovenča	ovenča	ovenčasmo	ovenčaste	ovenčaše
Conditional I		ovenčao bih2	ovenčao bi2	ovenčao bi2	ovenčali bismo2	ovenčali biste2	ovenčali bi2
Conditional II4		bȉo bih ovenčao2	bȉo bi ovenčao2	bȉo bi ovenčao2	bíli bismo ovenčali2	bíli biste ovenčali2	bíli bi ovenčali2
Imperative		—	ovenčaj	—	ovenčajmo	ovenčajte	—
Active past participle		ovenčao m / ovenčala f / ovenčalo n			ovenčali m / ovenčale f / ovenčala n
Passive past participle		ovenčan m / ovenčana f / ovenčano n			ovenčani m / ovenčane f / ovenčana n
1   Croatian spelling: others omit the infinitive suffix completely and bind the clitic. 2   For masculine nouns; a feminine or neuter agent would use the feminine and neuter gender forms of the active past participle and auxiliary verb, respectively. 3   Often replaced by the past perfect in colloquial speech, i.e. the auxiliary verb biti (to be) is routinely dropped. 4   Often replaced by the conditional I in colloquial speech, i.e. the auxiliary verb biti (to be) is routinely dropped.   *Note: The aorist and imperfect were not present in, or have nowadays fallen into disuse in, many dialects and therefore they are routinely replaced by the past perfect in both formal and colloquial speech.

Related terms

• ovenčávati impf